Urgently called up to the French rugby union team in 1928 to face Ireland, he was unable to honor his selection due to a delay in transport to the squad's pre-departure meeting in Belfast.

by its acronym in French) in XV decided to ban Carrère, like Robert Samatan, Richard Majérus, and Charles Bigot, when he applied for a transfer between the two Narbonne clubs.

It took J. Carrère over a year to learn the reason for his disbarment, which was pretexted by a link with a refereeing case, but he understood that one of the members of the Federation's Disciplinary Committee, a Stade Toulousain manager, wanted to take revenge for not signing for his club in 1932.

World War II broke out and XIII Rugby was quickly banned, putting an end to his sporting career.

[4] He played alongside François Clauzel and Aimé Cassayet-Armagnac, among others, and the Narbonne team came very close to qualifying for their Championship final but were defeated in the semi-final by the eventual winners, Roger Ramis' U.S. Perpignan 13-5, J. Carrère having, according to the leading sports daily l'Auto, “proved equal to the task”.

[6] J. Carrère's talent led to offers from other clubs during the 1926 off-season, to the extent that he was rumored to be heading for U.S. Perpignan (runners-up in the French Championship),[7] but he remained with R.C.

[12] During the 1927-1928 season, Joseph Carrère's name was called by the sporting press and the Languedoc committee to give him a chance in the French team.

Lourdes), France's usual starting scrum-half, withdrew from the team, and Georges Daudignon (Stade français) was about to undergo surgery and was unable to take part in the match against Ireland in the Five Nations Tournament; the French Rugby XV Federation decided to call up Joseph Carrère as a matter of urgency to line up at scrum-half.

Taking the first train from Narbonne to Lyon, he was delayed in his journey for over five hours and arrived at the Federation too late to join the French team, which had left for London before heading for Ireland.

's North-East selection in a propaganda match against a South-Western side, at scrum-half, where he was regarded as one of the best French players;[32] he was “sparkling” according to the sporting press.

[44] A month later, in mid-October 1932, Narbonne's directors contacted the Federation to find out why the player had been struck off and discovered that the reason had nothing to do with professionalism, but rather with a match a year earlier, when J. Carrère was reported to have insulted a referee while playing under the aegis of the U.F.R.A.

[41] Finally, on December 2, 1933, the Disciplinary Committee of the French Rugby Federation in XV granted J. Carrère's license, as he had undertaken to create the E.S.

Thus, in February 1934, Joseph Carrère announced his rallying to this movement initiated by J. Galia,[48] and settled his accounts with the Rugby XV Federation by declaring that this temporary expulsion was the responsibility of one of the members of this commission, M. Terré (head of the Stade Toulousain), in retaliation for his refusal to join the Stade Toulousain in 1932 despite a signing bonus of 15,000 francs and a salary of 1,200 francs a month.

[50] For the first demonstration of rugby à XIII in France, Jean Galia organized a tour of England for a French selection in March 1934.

de Roanne remained in the top half of the table for the first time, finishing fourth behind Jean Galia's Champion S.A. Villeneuve, Bordeaux XIII and U.S. Lyon-Villeurbanne.

The match was interrupted at half-time by the withdrawal of J. Carrère's team-mates, who were unhappy with the refereeing decisions,[62] and the club was punished with a loss, leaving Lyon to qualify for the next round.

Roanne positioned itself as a serious contender for national titles, counting on the arrivals of Eugène Chaud, the British Jones and Pearce and Montluçonnais Huc.

[64] J. Carrère was considered one of the leaders of the Roannais team[65][66] and, despite his “pudgy frame” and the passing years, sports journalists in L'Auto praised his talent, comparing him to “good wine”.

[70] In view of this first match of the 1935-1936 European Cup, J. Carrère was one of the candidates to be appointed captain of the French team following the retirement of Jean Galia,[71] who nevertheless remained coach, but it was Max Rousié who finally took on this role.

Roanne, led by J. Carrère in the absence of captain Jean Duhau, who was immobilized for four months between October and February due to a car accident,[75] enjoyed a season that saw them play in the top positions and even take first place in January 1936.

[77][57] J. Carrère, without showing any demerit, lost his place in the French team, which was aiming to renew and rejuvenate its XIII starting line-up for the coming months.

[81] With this in mind, the team underwent few changes and Joseph Carrère retained the confidence of his captain Jean Duhau,[81] while two Englishmen, Evans and Hazlehurst, strengthened the squad.

[82] J. Carrère, who had played as scrum-half and third-rower in previous years, was experimented with on a number of occasions this season in the new role of full-back[83] and was described as the “all-rounder” of R.C.

[87] In the Championship, the Loire club managed to finish third in the regular season standings and faced Raoul Bonamy and Henri Audurau's Bordeaux XIII in the semi-finals.

Roanne underwent a major personnel upheaval, with a few players left over from the previous season, including Joseph Carrère, Max Rousié, Eugène Chaud, and Charles Lamarque.

Roanne showcased their high-caliber team across the stadiums, confirming the high expectations placed on them by remaining at or within touching distance of the top spot in the French Championship.

Roanne finished second in the regular season, eliminated XIII Catalan in the quarter-finals, but saw its bid for a Championnat-Coupe double halted in the semi-finals by S.A. Villeneuve 3-2 in Bordeaux.

Narbonne, directly integrated into the championship's first division, called on its former player Joseph Carrère,[97] whose role was to initiate Narbonnais, such as Francis Vals, Pierre Escaffre, and Eugène Boyer,[98] into the subtleties of XIII rugby.

[102] A month later, in March 1939, J. Carrère was once again at the center of a controversy during a match against S.A. Villeneuve in Albi in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France: a derogatory remark he made to referee M. Chavannes led to his expulsion.

[105] The career of Joseph Carrère, then aged 35, came to an end in the 1939-1940 season, as the Second World War was about to begin, leading to the suspension of the Championship and the call-up of many players for military service at the start of the new school year in September 1939, which for many put an end to many sporting careers, before rugby in XIII was banned in France in 1940 by the Vichy regime.